in the shell

It raises interesting questions as to what it means to be "human" and whether having biologically human parts really matters or not. The show forces us to really question what it is that makes a person (as in a sentient being, not necessarily human) differ from more primitive animals and m...

Who's Kurzokawa and what happened? Are you talking about the girl Eva Tokura who was kidnapped by the human liberation front in episode 13 of season 1?

I was wondering how a full cyborg with a full prosthestic body (or extremely close to full prosthetic body) like the major can die of natural causes. I've learned from Gits lore on wikipedia and so forth that cyborgs like the major have completely artificial bodies with the exception of a few fragme...

I just watched the 2nd GIG episode Face-MAKE UP, where Pazu's Ex impersonates him by transferring her mind into an exact prosthetic copy of his body, ostensibly through implanting her brain case into it. The first episode of the first season also has people switching their brain cases and going arou...

I'm just wondering what other people like about this show, why you started watching and why you keep watching. I understand it's not too much like mainstream anime, in that it deals with more complex themes and seems to be aimed at a different audience. I personally like it because it deals with a n...

Are there any interviews that explain the discussion between Chroma (Motoko's Avatar) and the virtual Gohda? Not directly, but the interviews of the staff do illuminate the state in which Japan is during the series and that helps understanding this discussion. Gouda's virtual persona speaks mostly ...

Lightice wrote: "The acts of terrorism they describe have been mentioned in the earlier episodes. I don't think they signifigy much more than the fact, that despite of that their ideology calls for liberation of the Asian refugees, they manage to make the refugee problem even worse than it orig...

For those of you who haven't seen it, this may contain spoilers. I've just finished watching "SELECON". I need someone to clue me in what just happened. Who is Kawashima, and why does section 9 need his external memory device (whatever that is) to prove Goda's involvement with the individu...